Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.

Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

We can remake the world daily.